DBasia.news – FC Barcelona never gave up in giving pressure to Real Madrid in the pace of the hunt for the 2019-20 LaLiga title. The distance between the two points is now back to one point after Barca’s victory over Real Valladolid.
Playing Week 36 at Jose Zorrilla, Valladolid headquarters on Sunday (12/07) AM local time, the host lost 0-1 to Barcelona’s single goal scored by Arturo Vidal in the 15th minute. His assist was from Lionel Messi.
La Pulga provided the 20th assist of the season at LaLiga and this has carved a new history at LaLiga. According to records from Goal, Messi became the first player in LaLiga to score 20 goals and provide 20 or more assists in the same season.
Added by Opta, Messi also became the first player to give 20 assists in LaLiga since Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez did it in the 2008-09 season.
Not stopping there and still from the same source, the 33-year-old player also became the second player to score 20 goals and provide 20 assists in one season in the top five European leagues in the 21st century.
The first player to do so was an Arsenal legend who also played at Barcelona, Thierry Henry in the 2002-03 season with a record of 24 goals and 20 assists.
The assist from Messi scored Vidal’s goal and gave three points for Barcelona who won 79 points. Real Madrid will play week 36 LaLiga at Granada headquarters on Tuesday (07/14) 3:00 am WIB. An interesting fact from that match is that it is Vidal’s eighth goal in LaLiga. The Chilean midfielder became the most effective goalscorer in LaLiga with a conversion rate of 34.8 percent of the chances he produced (at least 20 kicks).